How networked ideas can help

Collaboration between public and private sector actors are increasing and may prove more effective in overcoming global challengesCan we produce 70 per cent more food by 2050 to make sure we can feed a world of nine billion people? Can we raise $1 trillion (Dh3.67 trillion) a year to build infrastructure that connects the least connected? Can we create 470 million new jobs by 2030 to satisfy our growing global labour force, all without tipping the balance of our ecological systems and making meaningful progress in the fight against climate change?Such global challenges — and the above list is far from comprehensive — are extremely hard to solve in their own right. What makes matters worse is that obvious solutions to one often tend to exacerbate or make it harder…